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Minnesota Power’s proposed natural gas power plant wins Minn. appeals court approval
Minnesota Power, which is working with Dairyland Power Cooperative to build a proposed $700 million natural gas power plant in Superior, Wis., applauded a recent appeals court ruling that brings the project closer to fruition. The Minnesota Court of Appeals in an Aug. 23 ruling said the 625-megaw... Read More »PPL Electric reaches agreement that would lower customers’ bills
PPL Electric Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corp., is looking to lower its rates for Pennsylvania customers starting Dec. 1. The company, which serves more than 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania, reached an agreement with a group of its industrial and municipal customers that would reset the ... Read More »Gulf Power to install 600,000 solar panels in Northwest Florida
Gulf Power began installing new solar panels at the Cotton Creek Solar Energy Center and Blue Springs Solar Energy Center in Florida’s Escambia and Jackson Counties last week, taking the first steps in a solar expansion that will culminate in 600,000 new panels for the state in that region. The... Read More »NARUC makes several new committee leadership appointments
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) announced last week that it made several new committee appointments to fill vacancies in leadership roles. Commissioner Beth Trombold of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio was appointed the new co-vice chair of the Committe... Read More »U.S. large-scale battery capacity rose 35 percent in 2020
According to a new assessment from the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), Battery Storage in the United States: An Update on Market Trends, U.S. battery power capacity has surged, growing 35 percent in 2020 alone, tripling in the last five years, and promising larger growth by 20... Read More »Credit: Eversource